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34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
Glasgow School of Art
Duet: Lift Me Up For I Am Dying
Duet is an audio installation and two-channel film installation based upon a composition for solo viola, Lift Me Up For I Am Dying (commissioned by the Swiss Institute in Rome). Duet was an audio installation in 14 fragments at the Rothko Chapel, 14-15 May 2013 to mark the 65th anniversary of the formation of the Israeli State and Palestinian Nakba. The 14 variations of Duet echoed the 14 canvases of the Rothko Chapel. Duet transposes Lift Me Up For I Am Dying - a composition based upon the last spoken words of John Keats (1795-1821) - into the context of loss and mourning in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Duet, features performances by Avri Levitan (Tel Aviv) and Tyme Khleifi (Ramallah) recorded in the Clearchens Ballhaus Berlin. Duet was presented as an audio installation at the Rothko Chapel, Houston, TX on 14-15 May 2013. The audio installation at the Rothko Chapel was followed by a film screening and panel discussion at Contemporary Art Museum Houston (CAMH) 16 May 2013, featuring Alexander Regier (Associate Professor, Rice University) and panel discussion with Dean Daderko (Curator, CAMH) and Bill Arning (Director, CAMH). Duet was the title work of a solo exhibition at the Keats-Shelley House in Rome, 17 May-30 July 2013, curated by Giuseppe Albano. Duet was a two-channel film installation at ASU Art Museum, Arizona (8-24 Nov 2012) and was the basis of an invited artist talk at Catastrophes: The 2012 International Conference on Romanticism, Arizona State University (8-11 Nov 2012) http://english.clas.asu.edu/icr2012. Lift Me Up For I Am Dying was first performed in the Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome on 9 May 2010 as part of Strange Comfort Afforded by the Profession, a group exhibition at Swiss Institute in Rome (9 May - 25 September 2010) and Kunsthalle Basel (13 June- 22 August 2010).
